My 16th Birthday
Greetings one and all. Rejoice and be gald! If you are receiving this email (or being tagged in this Facebook note, or being handed this piece of paper, or opening this letter, or are viewing this campaign) it means you are either important enough or rich enough for me to have expected you to be thinking about my inevitable upcoming 16th birthday.
But this year, it being a special year, I wish to make an announcement.
DRUMROLL
This year I will be donating 100% of my birthday to Charity. A special Charity in fact, known as
Charity: Water. This Charity’s sole purpose is to provide clean drinking water and sanitation to impoverished people across Africa. As most of you know I have been to Africa and have seen this desperate need for water with my own eyes. Nothing would please me more than to be able to change a small piece of the world on this upcoming July 8th. Now here are the rules:
This year I will be donating 100% of my birthday to Charity. A special Charity in fact, known as
Charity: Water. This Charity’s sole purpose is to provide clean drinking water and sanitation to impoverished people across Africa. As most of you know I have been to Africa and have seen this desperate need for water with my own eyes. Nothing would please me more than to be able to change a small piece of the world on this upcoming July 8th. Now here are the rules:
1. Please read the paper I wrote about this wonderful organization attached/linked bellow
and view the add here
and view the add here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEnlrE4iMBU
2. If you were only going to send a card, ecard, or facebook note for my birthday (which is fine) then I ask instead that you donate 16 dollars, since I will be Turing 16 to Charity Water.
There is an account set up right now for the entire campaign, the website is linked here:
http://mycharitywater.org/p/campaign?campaign_id=16808
http://mycharitywater.org/p/campaign?campaign_id=16808
3. If you did plan to buy me a gift, round up the average cost of the gift or gifts that were planned and donate that instead. Or whatever you feel is appropriate.
BONUS!!
This year I will be giving you a gift in return!!BONUS!!
If we raise $5,000 or more (the cost of a well that supplies water to an entire Village) than I will complete a challenge as chosen by you, from the list below.
If $10,000 (or more than the gift for the $5,000 level) ADD a gift chose from the list below for the 10,000 level.
Reply as to which Challenge Gifts you favor per level and the ones with the most votes will be your gifts from me.
1. A book about some of my life experiences, lessons, and laugh at myself moments (length to be determined)
2. A Social Project centered on my friends and family, the relationships we have, and the ways to make it stronger
3. A Youtube video at least 10 min long narrated by myself about my trip to Africa in 2009
4. A photo project, subject to be decided
This is the paper I wrote about Charity: Water. I would love for you to take a chance to read it, Charity: Water is a project I am very excited about.
My 16th Birthday
Greetings one and all. Rejoice and be glad! If you are receiving this email (or being tagged in this Facebook note, or being handed this piece of paper, or opening this letter, or are viewing this campaign) it means you are either important enough or rich enough for me to have expected you to be thinking about my inevitable upcoming 16th birthday.
But this year, it being a special year, I wish to make an announcement.
Greetings one and all. Rejoice and be glad! If you are receiving this email (or being tagged in this Facebook note, or being handed this piece of paper, or opening this letter, or are viewing this campaign) it means you are either important enough or rich enough for me to have expected you to be thinking about my inevitable upcoming 16th birthday.
But this year, it being a special year, I wish to make an announcement.
DRUMROLL
This year I will be donating 100% of my birthday to Charity. A special Charity in fact, known as
Charity: Water. This Charity’s sole purpose is to provide clean drinking water and sanitation to impoverished people across Africa. As most of you know I have been to Africa and have seen this desperate need for water with my own eyes. Nothing would please me more than to be able to change a small piece of the world on this upcoming July 8th. Now here are the rules:
This year I will be donating 100% of my birthday to Charity. A special Charity in fact, known as
Charity: Water. This Charity’s sole purpose is to provide clean drinking water and sanitation to impoverished people across Africa. As most of you know I have been to Africa and have seen this desperate need for water with my own eyes. Nothing would please me more than to be able to change a small piece of the world on this upcoming July 8th. Now here are the rules:
1. Please read the paper I wrote about this wonderful organization attached/linked bellow
and view the add here
and view the add here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEnlrE4iMBU
2. If you were only going to send a card, ecard, or facebook note for my birthday (which is fine) then I ask instead that you donate 16 dollars, since I will be Turing 16 to Charity Water.
There is an account set up right now for the entire campaign, the website is linked here:
http://mycharitywater.org/p/campaign?campaign_id=16808
http://mycharitywater.org/p/campaign?campaign_id=16808
3. If you did plan to buy me a gift, round up the average cost of the gift or gifts that were planned and donate that instead. Or whatever you feel is appropriate.
BONUS!!
This year I will be giving you a gift in return!!BONUS!!
If we raise $5,000 or more (the cost of a well that supplies water to an entire Village) than I will complete a challenge as chosen by you, from the list below.
If $10,000 (or more than the gift for the $5,000 level) ADD a gift chose from the list below for the 10,000 level.
Reply as to which Challenge Gifts you favor per level and the ones with the most votes will be your gifts from me.
1. A book about some of my life experiences, lessons, and laugh at myself moments (length to be determined)
2. A Social Project centered on my friends and family, the relationships we have, and the ways to make it stronger
3. A Youtube video at least 10 min long narrated by myself about my trip to Africa in 2009
4. A photo project, subject to be decided
This is the paper I wrote about Charity: Water. I would love for you to take a chance to read it, Charity: Water is a project I am very excited about.
http://northwestborn.blogspot.com/2011/06/chairty-water-paper.html
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